Hello everyone! I didn't sleep well last night so didn't go to the gym...planned to do my walking video but you know how good intentions go, it has not yet been done. I have been doing the 1st of month budgeting. Also I have been getting behind in entering my transactions so had to kind of catch up on what should have already been done, plus make up the cash withdrawal slip for dh.
Then started my weekly housework which I have also been way behind on. I cleaned both bathrooms and our bedroom. Hopefully will get more done tonight since this is pantry night and I'm not cooking, but am pretty sure the whole house is not getting done. In the middle of all this we decided to go to Costco, and dh made another stop too. We had our rebate check from AMEX to cash, but of course, ended up buying a few items as well and I picked up some pizza for lunch, ate it in the car on the way home.
Our son ended up getting Keen shoes instead of Birkenstocks...and ended up paying a little more and getting two pairs. The second pair he can wear to work and probably even the first pair because although it is open on the sides it is a closed toe. He seemed happy with his purchases and that is the main thing.
Glynne - Yes if one had a heart attack or stroke suddenly it would not be good out there in the woods, as who knows when you would be found. He works on that mountain too so hopefully someone might see his car and stop to look for him. And of course if he didn't come home, and we didn't hear from him, we'd go looking ourselves. There is no cell service there. But he has enough with him for a few days I think. He loves being out in the woods...did even as a child ...of course the "woods" were just a smaller area with lots of trees then in our neighborhood. He actually prefers to take Halo with him than another person because until she gets the scent she is quieter. Since her scare when she got lost, she doesn't stray from his side very much. He can tell sometimes she wants to go her own way, but she sorta cringes and stays with him. She's a natural hunter so it is not easy for her to stay to the path when she catches the scent. Glynne - go for the senior class...there will people that are in as bad or even worse shape than you if it's like most classes. I used to really enjoy my sr class. You can go at your own pace...if someone next to you moves faster or takes bigger steps (as in aerobics), you can just step to one side or back so they can go ahead. It's all good. I was in better shape when I was in my sr circuit training class. We did aerobics, stretching, yoga type holding positions for short times (shorter because it was for seniors), stretch bands, and light weights. It can strengthen your core so you are less likely to fall.
On haircuts - I would like to wear my hair a little longer, at least I wish they wouldn't cut it so close on the sides....next time I'm going to tell them that. I do have to have it cut around my ears as it makes my ears itch and I can't wear it to long for the same reason...it makes my scalp itch. The dermatologists don't agree with this but I am the one that is scratching. I got it cut recently (very short) and my scalp and ears feel so much much better right now! I can imagine
Carole Sue that your ears are cold in that weather! Hopefully spring will be there soon.
That would be hard to like to try different foods and your dh doesn't. My brother was like that...although he did try some Chinese food in later years. My sil liked to try different things. She liked to travel and he didn't..that was another thing, so she just didn't get to travel much. They did come out here a couple times to visit their dd when she lived out this way and stopped to see us too. My brother had to travel a little for several years for his work but he didn't seem to like it.
Carol Sue - I think vital gluten makes the bread rise better and I think also healthier. It apparently has been removed from most flour today, even most whole wheat flour from what I have read. Of course some people's bodies cannot handle gluten so that's another story and seemingly a large industry today from all the marketing of products I see.
I bought some to use for my low-carb bread and hope to use it it somehow even though I took back my bread machine.
You are like me...up and down in weight..so basically I am stable. At least I'm not gaining other than within range of a few pounds. I don't think I am eating quite as much in the evening and that is probably why I am at least stable. I am trying to listen to my fullness, and meals are no problem, but it is still the eve that continues to plague me. I ask myself why do I seem to think that it doesn't matter after dinner....like after dinner, there is no such thing has calories and carbs
Continue to work on it. I too have bought most of the diet books out there...waste of money...I should have just eaten the books
Then I might have lost weight. I want to be slender again, remember how good it felt and how I looked so much better in clothes, but I guess it's not enough to make me work at it. Since I gained 10# with the new med, I just can't seem to get myself to work at it very hard. I exercise because I feel better when I do it consistently and I don't want to lose the ability to move, but food is my problem.
Good2 - No more dizziness. I'm glad you've found a diet plan that is helping you. Perhaps you will even inspire me to do better.